The elections will be held on May 7 2026placeholder image
The elections will be held on May 7 2026

Local elections 2026: Who is standing in every Peterborough ward on May 7

Local elections will take place on Thursday, May 7 in Peterborough, with a third of the seats on the city council up for grabs.

With residents set to go to the polls tomorrow, this is a full list of all the candidates standing, as they will appear on the ballot paper on Thursday.

There are 92 candidates in total, who will be standing across 18 wards.

Not all councillors who are currently sitting will be defending their seats.

Conservative, Labour and Reform UK are the only parties fielding candidates in every ward.

The current make up of the council is:

Labour: 13 councillors

Independent 11 councillors

Conservative: 10 councillors

Peterborough First: 10 councillors

Liberal Democrat: 8 councillors

Green Party: 5 councillors

Reform UK 1: councillor

Not specified: 1 councillor

One seat is currently empty following the death of cllr Alan Dowson.

The candidates in this story are listed in alphabetical order by surname, with wards also listed in alphabetical order.

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